Thecla (butterfly)
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| Genus: | Thecla Fabricius, 1807
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Thecla is a genus of butterflies, described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1807, belonging to the family Lycaenidae. The species are found in the Palaearctic.
Species
Several, including:
- Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758) - brown hairstreak
- Thecla betulina Staudinger, 1887
- Thecla ohyai Fujioka, 1994
- Thecla chalybeia, De Nicéville 1892
- Thecla hemon (Cramer, 1775)
Thecla hemon - Thecla leechii, De Nicéville 1892
- Thecla letha, (Watson, 1896)
- Thecla pavo, (De Nicéville, 1887)
- Thecla ziha, (Hewitson, 1865)
References
- Taxon profile at BioLib
- "Thecla Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
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